Political and physical regions:

• 1. What is separated from the coast by the Atlas Mountains?

• 2. What describes the Sahara Desert?

• 3. Where is the African Sahel located?

Political and physical regions:

• 4. What major river in Africa is sometimes referred to as the “Oil Delta”?

• 5. What is the largest lake in Africa?

Political and physical regions:

• 6. This river flows northward over 4,000 miles until it reaches the Mediterranean Sea; what is this river?

• 7. What is a major threat the African rainforest today?

• 8. How would one describe the savanna region of Africa?

Political and physical regions:

• 9. What African region is located in the middle of the continent close to the equator?

• 10. Oil reserves make up a large portion of what country’s potential wealth?

Political and physical regions:

• 11. The _______________Desert is located just north of South Africa.

• 12. ________________ River flows through the largest rainforest in Africa.

Environmental Issues

• 13. The Congo River flows through Africa’s largest ___________________.

• 14. ___________________________ is the process of the desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland.

• 15. ___________________________ is the destruction of trees and other vegetation.

Impact of Location, climate, and

physical characteristics • 16. What is a nomad?

• 17. What were two of the most important trade goods carried across the Sahara Desert by camel caravan?

Ethnic Groups

• 18. What is an ethnic group?

• People who chare cultural ideas and beliefs.

• 19. What is a religious group?

• People who share a belief system in a god or gods with a specific set of rituals and literature.

• 20. Why did the Arabs come to Africa? What religion did they bring with them?

• Muslim armies arrived bringing traders and scholars. They brought Islam (Muslim).

Ethnic Groups

• 21. Which areas are home to large Arab populations today?

• Found throughout Africa. The majority are along the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean’s Coast

• 22. In which countries are the Ashanti found?

• Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo

Ethnic Groups • 23.What do the Ashanti believe about the Golden Stool?

Why is it important in the Ashanti culture? • It symbolizes Ashanti Power. As long as Golden Stool

remains in Ashanti King’s hands they will remain in power. • 24. Aside from traditional religion, what two other

religions do the Ashanti practice? • Christianity and Islam • 25. Why do over 60 million people in central and southern

Africa speak Bantu-based languages? • Bantu people migrated in waves from Sahara Desert to

Central and Southern Africa bringing their language with them.

Ethnic Groups

• 26. Where do you find the Swahili people in Africa?

• The East Coast or Kenya, Tanzania, & Mozambique

• 27. Why are the Swahili considered a mixed-ethnic group?

• Claim ancestors in Africa, Persia, and Arabia

• 28. What is the main religion of the Swahili?

• Muslim (Islam)

• 29. Approximately how any different languages are Bantu based?

• 650

• 30. Why do most Arab Africans speak the Arabic Language?

• They must be able read the Quran which is written in Arabic

• 31. What language do the Ashanti, Arab, Bantu, and Swahili people speak?

• Ashanti – Twi, Bantu – Bantu, Arab – Arabic, Swahili - Swahili